Improvement in devices for removing wires from bottle-corks



LFRANZ. DEVICE FOR REMOVING WIRES FROM BOTTLE CORKS. I

"Ii-0.176.352. Patented May 2,1876.

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N-FETERS, PHOTD-LITHDGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

v j'UNrrED STATES PATENT OFFIca JOHN FRANZ, or OROTON FALLS, NEW YORK.

. IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR REMOVING WIRES FROM BOTTL E-CORKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.176,852, dated May 2,1876; application filed February 14, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN FRANZ, ,of OrotonFalls, Westchester county, New York, have invented a new and ImprovedTool for Bemoving Bottle-Stopper Wires, of which the following is aspecification:

The invention consists in catching the wire on its side folds, wherepressure may be made without bending it, and where the tool will readilytake a hold, as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved tool and a bottle, showingthe manner of applying the tool; and Fig. 2 is a top View.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the handle; B, the crotched brace to place around one side of theneck of the bottle and under the Wires 0, and D is the forked.

claw for engaging the wire F at the top of the cork E, and pulling it011' by pressing the handle down.

I am aware that there have been wire-removers which take hold on themiddle of wire, where it is so embedded in cork as to be caught withdifficulty, and which, when caught, is liable to be so much bent as torequire to be reshaped; but I overcome these difficulties by catchingthe wire with my fork or two claws at the side folds, where the toolwill easily get a hold, and by which all liabilityto bend the wire isavoided.

Having thus described thy-invention, I claini as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A tool having the handle A, crotched brace B,and forked claw D, constructed, connected, and adapted to operate as andfor the purpose specified.

JOHN FRANZ. Witnesses:

H. PARDEE, J. S. GRAHAM.

